(STONY BROOK, N.Y., January 11, 2006) – Stony Brook University Hospital welcomed its first baby of the New Year at seven minutes past midnight: Hunter Cody-Lohr Mead Born to Lindsay and Kevin Mead, both 22, of Patchogue, he was 19 ¾” tall and weighed 8 lbs. Delivered by OB/GYN, Dr. Michele Murphy, Hunter was three weeks early, and is the first child for the couple. Lindsay works at Teacher’s Federal Credit Union on the Stony Brook University west campus. Lindsay’s mother, Lorelei Cody, works in the Department of Family Medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital.
To commemorate his special time of birth, Hunter and family were presented with a complimentary stay at the Holiday Inn Express in Stony Brook and a special gift basket from Babies ‘R Us.
Stony Brook University Hospital is the only academic medical center and tertiary care hospital in Suffolk County. With its 504 beds and 4,000 employees, SBUH is the largest hospital in the county. The new Heart Center and the Long Island Cancer Center attract patients from throughout the region for cutting edge diagnostic and treatment facilities and compassionate care. Stony Brook has Long Island’s only kidney transplantation center and the nation’s first Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center. The hospital is also the regional referral center for trauma, perinatal and neonatal intensive care, burns, bone marrow and stem cell transplantation, cystic fibrosis, pediatric/adult AIDS, and is home to the Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities. -30-
